Matt Garza

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 220lb (193cm, 99kg)

Born: November 26, 1983 in Selma, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 40th round of the 2002 MLB June Amateur Draft from Washington Union HS (Fresno, CA) and the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (25th) of the 2005 MLB June Amateur Draft from California State University, Fresno (Fresno, CA).

High School: Washington Union HS (Fresno, CA)

School: California State University, Fresno (Fresno, CA)

Debut: August 11, 2006 (Age 22-258d, 18,952nd in major league history)
vs. TOR 2.2 IP, 8 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 7 ER, L

Last Game: September 27, 2017 (Age 33-305d)
vs. CIN 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2007 season

Agents: CAA Sports

Full Name: Matthew Scott Garza

Nicknames: The Count

Pronunciation: \GAR-zuh\

Twitter: @Gdeuceswild

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ALCS MVP

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.5

106

ERA

4.09

290

284

1710.2

1380

WHIP

1.322

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Team Record in Appearances: 14-16 / in Starts: 14-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2008 Pitching Game Log

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2008 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	27	2	Apr 2	TBR	@	BAL	L,6-9	GS-6		99	5.1	6	5	5	2	3	2	0	8.44	8.01	23	87	53	13	7	10	8	3	0	0	37			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	-0.218	1.29	-0.15%	-2.05	1b start a 3	6b --- 1 out a1
2	28	7	Apr 8	TBR		SEA	L,5-6	GS-3		5	2.2	6	3	3	3	2	0	0	9.00	7.01	16	70	40	12	7	6	5	3	0	0	33			0	0	0	13	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.50	-0.229	1.43	-0.13%	-2.18	1t start tie	3t 123 2 out d2
3	29	23	Apr 25	TBR		BOS	W,5-4	GS-5		16	5.0	5	3	3	3	1	0	0	7.62	6.06	23	84	49	15	4	3	16	5	5	0	43			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.13	-0.038	1.27	-0.03%	-0.30	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	30	28	May 1	TBR	@	BAL	W,4-2	GS-6	W(1-0)	5	6.0	3	2	2	2	3	1	0	6.16	5.82	23	98	63	12	8	6	12	5	2	0	59			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.133	1.33	0.11%	1.24	1b start a 1	6b 3 out tie
5	31	33	May 7	TBR	@	TOR	L,2-6	GS-7	L(1-1)	5	6.2	6	1	1	3	2	0	0	4.91	5.31	27	106	59	15	3	11	11	2	3	0	57			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	0.174	1.58	0.12%	2.30	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out d1
6	32	38	May 12	TBR		NYY	W,7-1	GS-7	W(2-1)	4	7.0	5	0	0	1	3	0	1	3.86	4.85	25	108	68	17	8	7	13	6	6	0	69			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	3	0	0	.65	0.274	.92	0.23%	3.77	1t start tie	7t 3 out a6
7	33	43	May 17	TBR	@	STL	L,8-9	GS-5		4	4.1	10	7	6	2	1	1	0	4.86	5.10	25	85	50	13	3	9	13	5	4	0	16			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.510	1.79	-0.41%	-5.91	1b start a 1	5b -23 1 out d4
8	34	48	May 23	TBR		BAL	W,2-0	GS-8	W(3-1)	5	7.1	4	0	0	4	4	0	0	4.06	4.87	30	101	59	13	7	11	11	2	3	0	70			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.464	2.15	0.44%	3.76	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a1
9	35	53	May 28	TBR		TEX	W,5-3	GS-8	W(4-1)	4	8.0	4	2	2	2	10	0	0	3.78	4.34	30	114	77	22	9	9	9	4	0	0	74			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.179	1.44	0.16%	2.31	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	36	58	Jun 3	TBR	@	BOS	L,4-7	GS-6	L(4-2)	5	5.1	6	7	5	2	3	2	2	4.21	4.78	26	96	55	16	1	10	9	2	1	0	33			1	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.38	-0.537	2.33	-0.54%	-4.05	1b start a 1	6b -23 1 out d2
11	37	63	Jun 8	TBR	@	TEX	L,3-6	GS-4	L(4-3)	4	4.0	6	3	3	1	2	2	0	4.38	5.08	21	77	48	13	3	6	12	4	3	0	39			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	2	.99	-0.105	1.54	-0.10%	-0.84	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
12	38	68	Jun 14	TBR		FLA	W,4-1	GS-7	W(5-3)	5	7.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	1	4.06	4.88	26	112	68	11	9	13	8	3	3	0	69			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	0	.99	0.308	1.47	0.28%	2.77	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
13	39	73	Jun 20	TBR		HOU	L,3-4	GS-6	L(5-4)	5	6.0	7	4	3	2	8	0	0	4.10	4.61	26	113	79	14	18	7	9	5	0	0	50			0	1	0	23	2	0	0	0	1	1	.79	-0.130	1.19	-0.12%	-0.77	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
14	40	78	Jun 26	TBR	@	FLA	W,6-1	CG	W(6-4)	5	9.0	1	1	1	1	10	1	0	3.76	4.40	28	108	76	18	11	8	9	3	3	0	90			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.51	0.295	.76	0.27%	3.64	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	41	83	Jul 1	TBR		BOS	W,3-1	GS-7	W(7-4)	4	7.0	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	3.47	4.23	26	102	65	16	7	7	16	4	6	0	68			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.17	0.356	1.99	0.36%	2.77	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
16	42	88	Jul 7	TBR		KCR	L,4-7	GS-7		5	6.2	9	3	3	2	5	0	1	3.51	4.15	31	109	77	14	12	14	9	3	1	0	47			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.019	1.13	0.01%	0.25	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out d1
17	43	93	Jul 12	TBR	@	CLE	L,4-8	GS-5	L(7-5)	4	5.0	11	7	7	2	6	2	0	3.96	4.29	27	108	72	15	14	6	13	4	1	0	21			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	1	.47	-0.326	.71	-0.29%	-4.39	1b start tie	5b 3 out d7
18	44	96	Jul 19	TBR		TOR	W,6-4	GS-8	W(8-5)	6	7.2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	3.68	4.10	25	107	70	10	9	7	12	4	1	0	81			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	1	.78	0.393	1.31	0.40%	3.98	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out a5
19	45	101	Jul 24	TBR	@	KCR	L,2-4	GS-5	L(8-6)	4	5.0	8	4	4	4	0	0	0	3.83	4.17	25	82	46	12	1	9	12	3	2	0	31			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	2	1	0	.89	-0.159	1.41	-0.15%	-1.39	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
20	46	106	Jul 29	TBR	@	TOR	W,3-0	SHO	W(9-6)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.56	4.04	30	106	74	16	9	12	12	5	3	0	81			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.02	0.597	1.86	0.66%	4.66	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	47	111	Aug 4	TBR		CLE	L,2-5	GS-5	L(9-7)	5	5.0	7	4	4	2	4	2	0	3.70	4.19	22	102	60	12	7	6	10	4	2	0	39			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	2	0	0	.99	-0.221	1.12	-0.15%	-1.30	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
22	48	116	Aug 9	TBR	@	SEA	W,8-7	GS-6		4	5.2	10	5	5	1	5	1	0	3.88	4.19	27	97	67	12	10	7	14	7	4	0	33			0	0	0	26	4	0	0	1	0	0	.66	-0.222	.63	-0.13%	-2.16	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out a2
23	49	121	Aug 15	TBR	@	TEX	W,7-0	SHO	W(10-7)	5	9.0	2	0	0	2	9	0	0	3.63	4.04	30	119	78	20	14	10	9	1	2	0	90			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.47	0.306	.24	0.09%	4.85	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
24	50	126	Aug 20	TBR		LAA	L,4-5	GS-7		4	6.2	7	4	4	4	7	0	1	3.71	4.00	32	109	69	16	7	10	10	5	1	0	47			0	0	0	26	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.09	-0.098	.35	-0.02%	-1.03	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out d1
25	51	131	Aug 27	TBR		TOR	W,1-0	GS-8	W(11-7)	6	7.2	6	0	0	3	5	0	0	3.53	3.95	31	115	69	19	8	13	10	1	3	0	69			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.491	.57	0.14%	3.86	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	52	136	Sep 2	TBR		NYY	L,2-7	GS-6	L(11-8)	5	5.0	5	6	4	1	2	1	0	3.64	4.00	22	100	65	17	7	6	13	5	1	0	38			1	0	0	19	0	1	0	0	1	1	.94	-0.279	.09	-0.02%	-2.70	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out d4
27	53	141	Sep 7	TBR	@	TOR	L,0-1	GS-7	L(11-9)	4	7.0	6	1	1	1	7	0	0	3.55	3.90	29	100	66	12	10	6	15	4	5	0	67			1	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	1	1	.96	0.225	.14	0.02%	2.63	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
28	54	146	Sep 13(2)	TBR	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS-5		5	5.0	6	3	3	3	3	1	0	3.60	3.97	24	83	47	10	2	9	9	1	1	0	43			1	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.20	-0.019	.01	0.00%	-0.25	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
29	55	150	Sep 17	TBR		BOS	W,10-3	GS-5		3	4.2	5	3	3	2	3	2	0	3.66	4.09	20	75	42	13	2	6	9	4	4	0	43			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	.68	-0.042	.01	0.00%	-0.76	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out a5
30	56	161	Sep 27	TBR	@	DET	L,3-4	GS-5		9	5.0	4	3	3	2	3	1	0	3.70	4.14	22	74	47	12	8	5	12	3	1	0	48			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.48	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.28	1b start a 2	5b 3 out tie
							14-16		W-L:11-9	4.8	184.2	170	83	76	59	128	19	6	3.70	4.14	772	2947	63%	15%	8%	0.75		19%	12%	0	53		---%	5	1	0	695	25	5	2	22	9	9	1.00	1.017	1.07	1.04%	12.43

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